Daichi: As I have nothing better to do while I wait for Norende to have everything I need for Chaugmar-

Verity: Nothing you do takes more than a half hour.

Daichi: -As I was saying, I figured I might as well do this, given that I've fallen victim to internet spoilers, and given that I've fallen in love with the story and characters, I'll do my best to give them a truly happy ending.

Vee-Vee: If she owned Bravely Default, you can bet the ships would have actually happened. So far, they have not.

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Airy allowed herself a small smile as she resumed her smaller form. The number on her wings ticked down one. No matter how many times she had done this, how many she had killed, it still gave her that same glint of satisfaction. Well accustomed to this area, she simply waited for this version of Agnes to appear.

She had plans for this world, big plans. She had grown bored of killing the heroes again and again, no matter how satisfying it might be in the short term. And by now the numbers had reached the single digits. Passed by that mark, even.

It wouldn't be the first time the heroes had lived past the linking of their first world, either because their counterparts had died in that world and she knew it, or they just got lucky. Most of the time they ended up in the next world, and were dispatched upon no longer being of use. But that wasn't always the case. In one world, Edea had been sick and resting at an inn while Agnes and Tiz awakened the Earth Crystal. As far as Airy knew, she was still alive. Maybe. Not like she'd ever paid attention to those things. She'd never observed anything unusual in particular, especially not when waiting for Agnes.

Had she, she might have noticed the Asterisk fall into the Great Chasm. She might have noticed him stagger into the woods. And she might have acted. But by the time she found out, it would be too late.

It was a day of tragedy and evil. That day, Norende fell anew. That day, Airy gave to plotting. But it wasn't all bad.

For that day, the three heroes of light, became four.

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Edea watched the world go by from the airship, wondering just what she would find around Caldisla. Whether the Vestal was there or not, this would be one of the most important days of her life. Today was her first day away from Eternia. Alternis, Master Kamiizumi, and her father had all seen the outside world, and told her stories.

Fingering Ise-no-Kami in it's sheath, she tried to focus on the land beneath her, eventually deciding against it. It made her dizzy.

Realizing how long it might take for them to reach Caldisla, she went below deck, where cots were haphazardly set up. She was just glad she was traveling on the second ship instead of the first. Bad enough she was being partnered with Ominas for this, she didn't want to deal with his pyromania any more than necessary. To be honest, he sort of got on her nerves.

Little did she realize that this was the most important day of her life. She would later say it was just the right place at the right time, but that wasn't enough. That was the day she set on the path that would make her a hero.

If only it didn't require so much sacrifice.

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Dark Knight Alternis Dim did not expect to see two young males knocked out in the ravine, having figured any survivors would either get to Caldisla or get eaten by monsters. One of them, the older one, looked extremely like him, but he put it off as passing resemblance.

The younger one, the one more definitely from Norende, had a bad injury on his head and was scratched all over. Alternis' double didn't fare all that much better, but he suspected he may not be from Norende. White hair wasn't exactly common there. In all likelihood, he was just visiting or something.

He never knew who his double was. All he knew was that he found him near the Great Chasm, along with another boy. He left Caldisla soon after, when the Sky Knights arrived with two airships, one of which he would take back to Eternia. Had he stayed longer, he may have spoken with his double, noticed the book he was carrying. But he didn't.

And the worlds all suffered for it.

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Agnes felt the ship rock beneath her as she sailed to Caldisla. From there she planned on visiting the Great Chasm and inspecting the damage done. The key word being planned.

Getting to the port from Ancheim had taken hours longer than it should have. It took even longer to find the right ship, the only one going where she was going.

The outer seas were rotting, and she was glad she'd found the right ship. She may not have gotten another chance otherwise. Of course, this opened up the issue of getting back, but she pushed that aside. After all, with her sense of direction, it wasn't impossible to consider getting set upon by monsters. She made a mental note to buy a knife or something while in town, to up her chances of survival. After all, she did carry money, even if she'd only gotten it from the king as a loan for her travels. In all odds, she should make it to the Chasm.

And she did, setting Airy's plan in motion once more.

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Tsukaimon: Wow, given what happened when you last tried a prologue... you're improving!

BlackGatomon: You expected anything different of her?